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PMP Examination Content Outline July 2020 PDF
PMP Examination Content Outline July 2020 PDF
Professional (PMP)®
E X A M I N AT I O N CO N T E N T O U T L I N E
Project Management Institute
June 2019
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1
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Published jointly by the American Education Research Association, National Council on Measurement in Education, and
American Psychological Association. The PMP certification is also accredited by the American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) against the internationally recognized ISO/IEC 17024 standard: Conformity Assessment—General Requirements for
Bodies Operating Certification of Persons.
The following table identifies the proportion of questions from each domain that will appear on the
examination.
Total 100%
Important note: The research conducted through the Job Task Analysis validated that today’s project
management practitioners work in a variety of project environments and utilize different project approaches.
Accordingly, the PMP certification will be reflective of this and will incorporate approaches across the value
delivery spectrum. About half of the examination will represent predictive project management
approaches and the other half will represent agile or hybrid approaches. Predictive, agile, and hybrid
approaches will be found throughout the three domain areas listed above and are not isolated to any
particular domain or task.
In this document you will find an updated structure for the PMP Examination Content Outline. Based on
feedback from customers and stakeholders, we have worked on simplifying the format so that the PMP
Examination Content Outline is easier to understand and interpret.
On the following pages you will find the domains, tasks, and enablers as defined by the Role Delineation
Study.
Domain: Defined as the high-level knowledge area that is essential to the practice of project
management.
Tasks: The underlying responsibilities of the project manager within each domain area.
Enablers: Illustrative examples of the work associated with the task. Please note that enablers are
not meant to be an exhaustive list but rather offer a few examples to help demonstrate what the
task encompasses.
Manage communications
Task 2
Analyze communication needs of all stakeholders
Determine communication methods, channels, frequency, and level of detail for all
stakeholders
Communicate project information and updates effectively
Confirm communication is understood and feedback is received
Engage stakeholders
Task 4
Analyze stakeholders (e.g., power interest grid, influence, impact)
Categorize stakeholders
Engage stakeholders by category
Develop, execute, and validate a strategy for stakeholder engagement
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